Good morning, Central Florida. Here’s what you need to know today.
Your Weather Planner
Mostly sunny skies will resume after areas of morning fog mix out. Highs in the upper 70s can be expected to be followed by lows in the mid-50s for tonight. Rain shouldn’t interfere with any Valentine’s Day plans, whether during the day or at night. Saturday will be the drier weekend day with highs up again in the upper 70s.
By Sunday, highs will peak around 80 with clouds on the increase as a front approaches from the west. While there could be a stray shower late in the day, models are finally starting to agree that the arrival of the steadier rain would be after the Daytona 500 ends. Increasing rain takes shape overnight into early Monday along with an isolated thunderstorm possible, but skies will gradually clear throughout Presidents’ Day.
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Highs: Mid- to Upper 70s
Lows: Low to mid-50s
Rain Coverage: 0%
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Around Central Florida
1. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launches and lands after Crew-12 liftoff
For the first time ever in Florida, SpaceX was able to land one of its Falcon 9 rockets just minutes after lifting off from an adjacent launch pad.
2. CFX approves agreement with Seminole County to fund SR-417 Sanford airport connector
A unanimous vote by the Central Florida Expressway Authority board Thursday morning gave the green light to an agreement between CFX and Seminole County to help fund the SR-417 Sanford airport connector road. The project will directly impact about 25 parcels of land and eight residential properties.
3. Agriculture losses could top $1 billion across Florida after the hard freeze
The damage from the recent freeze could top $1 billion across the state, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
4. Florida lawmakers push new bills to strengthen drowning prevention for families
House Bill 503 would require hospitals, birth centers, and home birth providers to provide drowning prevention education to new parents from Day 1.Authorities tracked down Eric Jordon Jerry at a home in northwest Palm Bay. Senate Bill 608 would require pool safety features at vacation rentals.
5. Bill to change government structure in Winter Springs postponed
HB 4083, if approved, would put residents in a position to vote in November on whether the city commission would be reduced from six members to five — removing a commission member and giving the mayor the power to vote. If the mayor were to become a voting member, he or she would no longer have veto power.
6. Brevard authorities recapture man who slipped handcuffs and fled during hospital stop
Authorities tracked down Eric Jordon Jerry at a home in northwest Palm Bay.
Around the Nation & World
1. DHS funding negotiations seem to stall one day before today’s deadline
3. New legislation takes aim at investors buying up homes
4. Grieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms after midair collision near DC
Quote of the Day
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that he did not think it was appropriate for the Justice Department to be tracking the search histories of lawmakers who are reviewing files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
The rare criticism of the Trump administration came as photographs emerged revealing an apparent index of records reviewed by a Democratic member of Congress who was among the lawmakers given an opportunity to read less-redacted versions of the Epstein files at a department annex and on department-owned computers.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, asked the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate what he characterized as “spying,” and Johnson, a close ally of President Donald Trump, offered his own scolding when asked about the issue Thursday.